Nerissa Golden is the Founder and Editor of Montserrat’s top digital travel and information platform Discover Montserrat.

The former journalist and international speaker is the author of seven books, including The Making of a Caribbeanpreneur: Strategies for Overcoming Fear and Building Wealth and Like. Follow. Lead. – Mastering Social Media for Small Business. In 2017, she released the first two novels in the Return to Love series set in her picturesque homeland.

With more than 25 years in traditional and new media, Nerissa develops communication strategies which allow clients from across the spectrum of multi-lateral agencies, non-profit organizations and governments to leverage media and tell stories which influence change.

She is one of the Caribbean’s strongest advocates for innovation in entrepreneurship and technology. Nerissa is a certified facilitator for the World Bank’s Women’s Innovation Network of the Caribbean (WINC)Accelerated Program and a 2016 PitchIT Caribbean winner. She was also named as one of 31 Caribbean Women to Watch in 2016.

Nerissa sits on the advisory boards for the Montserrat Arts Council and the Covela Foundation. She also makes time to mentor a new generation of innovators in the technology, tourism and green energy spaces.

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PROMOTIONAL INFO

About In Plain Sight
Nikki Alvarez thought Montserrat was the best place to disappear and start life over. But her past has followed her to the tropical paradise in the most sinister of ways. Being a police trainer on an island with minimal crime seemed an easy win for Dane Maartens, who wants nothing more than to raise his boys in peace. But trouble is washing up on the shore and his beautiful new nanny has secrets which could solve the mystery. Will she trust him to protect her heart and with the truth?

About Love’s Sweet Joy
Tragedy tore them apart and now a new crisis is bringing Monique Sinclair face to face with the man who broke her heart 18 years ago.
After Callen Saunder’s professional basketball career comes to a crashing end he returns to the beautiful Caribbean island of Montserrat broken and bitter. Could the love of an old flame give him a reason to start over?

INTERVIEW RESOURCES

Why the switch from non-fiction to fiction?

What was the inspiration for the Return to Love Series?

Why is it important to you that the stories are located in Montserrat?

Montserrat has suffered tremendous setbacks what are the chances that we will see in reality the Montserrat you are creating in the novels?

What role does faith play in the stories?

In Plain Sight looks at some of the darker elements of the Caribbean. Why did you take this route?

LiveStyle Blog: “Loved this book. I am an avid reader and have read countless books, this romance novel gets 5 stars from me. Solid story line, you feel the chemistry among the characters, set in a lovely Caribbean island you are transported on island and get lost in their world. Truly engaging and would highly recommend this book. A very good read!”

Carol Mitchell, Author/Publisher of Caribbean Reads: “Having Montserrat as the story’s backdrop feels fitting, as Nikki’s resilience in her journey to recover from a traumatic tragedy is reminiscent of the island’s journey to recover from the active volcano which became active in 1995. Golden draws a believable well-rounded character in Nikki, and she does not shy away from painting Nikki as beautiful yet flawed just as she is unafraid to expose the unsavory elements that can exist on the island alongside its considerable charms and otherwise unspoilt beauty.”